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Service bulletin 98258

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id603646
Published by NHTSA1999-03-01
Manufacturer's number98258
Manufacturer's date1998-12-21
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

A VIBRATION / NOISE FELT IN STEERING WHEEL ON RIGHT TURNS.

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Steering

Vehicles listed
FORD CROWN VICTORIA1996, 1997, 1998
LINCOLN TOWN CAR1996, 1997, 1998
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS1996, 1997, 1998

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19961211996-08-02. Steering
96V1350001996-07-18. STEERING:LINKAGES

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
98-47392000-11-03. Service bulletin. INTERMITTENT/FALSE ANTI-THEFT ACTIVATION. *AK
82692000-07-26. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS) TRANSCEIVER WIRING MAY BE BROKEN DUE TO IMPROPER WIRE ROUTING AND / OR A MISPLACEMENT OF THE CONNECTOR NEAR THE BASE OF THE STEERING COLUMN. **MR
992192000-02-11. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN MENTIONS THAT THE WORKSHOP MANUALS DO NOT CONTAIN A PROCEDURE FOR INSPECTING THE PITMAN ARM BALL JOINT FOR WEAR. *TT
982411999-03-16. Service bulletin. DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE TIPS ON PASSIVE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM ( PATS ). *YC
970902971851998-03-30. Service bulletin. A VIBRATION/"BUZZING" NOISE MAY BE HEARD OR FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL ON RIGHT TURNS. *YC
BC96799610011997-05-27. Service bulletin. COMPLAINT OF A BUZZ/VIBRATION FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE TURNING (USUALLY MORE NOTICEABLE TURNING RIGHT). *TT